Today I wanted to feature another stitch that I love. I found this stitch in a Japanese crochet stitch dictionary and played around with where I could use it for some time. I originally planned it as a big puffy wrap, and it still may become that one day, but the more I worked with it the more I loved the idea of using it as an edging for a wedding shawl with the way the stitches reminded me of wedding bells.

I am calling it the cable and shell wave, but I have seen a different variation referred to as the wheat stitch. Either way, its a wavy cable with puff or shell stitches in the middle.

Once you get the basic idea of the travelling cables, its a great stitch to play around with, as the central stitches are easy to switch out for something else and you can add or subtract cables. For the version I have outlined below, you'd need a starting chain of a multiple of 12, but if you would need to add or subtract stitches if you were adding more cables to the design.